Turning device.



No. 395,713. 111131111111 AUG. 11, 1908. c. M. ANDERSEN. 11111111116 DEVICE. APPLIOATION EILED MAY 15,1907.

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Mr ANDBRSEN. TURNING DEVICE.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY 15,1907.

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y CHARLES M. vANDVEBSEN, OF CHICAGO. HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS.

TURNING DEvIcE.

Specifica tion of ,Letters Patent.

Application 'lled May 15, 1907. Serial No. 373,786.

To all whom it 'ma/y concern: Be it known that I, CHARLES M. ANDER- SEN, a citizen ol the United States of America, and resident of Chicago Heights, Cook county, Illinois,liave invented a certain new and useful Improvement in rBurning Devices, -of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to Wrenches or tuiii ing devices of the character set forth in in priorapplication Serial Number 364,136.

Objects of my present invention are to improve the ratchetineehanSiii; to improve the reversing mechanism; to improve the folding handle or cross bar; to improve the means for coupling tools of different kinds to the device; and to improve the general construction.

To the foregoing and other useful ends, my invention consists in matters hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings,-Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of a turning vdevice embodying the principles yof niy-invention. Fig. 2 'is a cross section on line 2 2 in Fig. l.

Fig.' 3 is a cross section,- on an enlarged scale,

on line in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the said device, in a plane at right angles to the plane in which the section is taken in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 shows an'extension member, partly in longitudinal section.

-Fig.,6 'is an end elevation of said member.

Fig. 7 is a detail side elevation of a tool foi' turning nuts or hexagonal bolts, adaptedto be inserted in the. end of the device shown in Fig.V 1. Fig. 8 is a perspective of one of the i vgageinent with the ratchet wheel.

ratchet'dogs.

As -tlius illustrated, my invention coinprises a body A -provided With a chamber o for inclosing the s uare toothed ratchet wheel B, which latter ias a portion b adapted 'to rotate in asoeket al in tlie'said body.

The oppositely acting dogs C; and D are inclosed in the chamber a and pivoted on the said bod l For example, the dog C has pivots c an A c, the latter provided with an arm c2 having a socket c3. The said pivots are mounted in openings or bearings in the body A, and thearm c2 is inclosed in the chamber E formed inside of the rotatable ring F. Springs Gi,4 engage tbxe sockets on the arms of saidV dogs, .and tend'to press the dogs into enis carried by thering F, and is adapted to engage theafrm of eithergdog, when the ringis rotated to throw'the dog out of engagement carriedV in the body, holds the handle ApinH-i Y- Patented Aug. 11, 1908.

With the ratchet wheel. The spring pressed i dog, or for disengaging the dogs and llocking the ratchet wheel and body4 together.- Said ring is held in place by' a sleeve- J,-.Wh'icli sleeve isheld in place b a pin y'. vThe folding handle or cross bar has a curved end k,

and extends through the curved opening k1 in the said body. A spring pressed plunder/7c?,

in an position. Said ratchet wheel has a shank LX which is provided with an annulargroove b2 engaged by a screw b", whereby thejratcliet wheel and the body are connectcdfrrotary f movement relatively to each other.- 'A tubular shank L is fixed u on theshank bl., andv has a polygonal end are forced together and enter the end of said mit wrench il. If the said shank L is not long enough, it can be extended by the tubular extension N shown in Fig. 5. This extenfor securing various f kinds of tools, for example, the nut wrench M` s'ion has, an end 'e which corresponds to the smaller end of the Wrench M. It also has anotlier end n1 which is equipped with springs n2 similar to the springs Z1. The end' n" is,

therefore, adapted to receive the tools of various kinds.

It will be readily understood that any suitable provision or construction can be einployed for enabling the dogs C and Dto be 1. A turning device comprising a body and shank, means for connectingitliebody and shank for relative rotation,

hold the same against relative endwise movenient, a ratchet wheel rigid with the shank,-

a pair of dogs mounted on the body adapted ut adapted to to `enga e said ratchet wheel, a rotatable ring on t ie body, and means on saidfring'for. isengaging either of saidA dogs' from the .ratchet wheel. v

2. A turning device comprisin a'bod and kile shank, a ratchet wheel rigid Wit i the ank,

. a pair of dogs mounted on the body adapted 'handle 1n d1 to engage said ratchet Wheel, a rotatable ring on the body, meanslon said ring for disengagmg either of said dogs from the ratchet Wheel, and as ring pressed plunger adapted to engage noto es 1n said ring to hold the latter 1n any one of a plurality of positions.

3. A turning' device comprising a body and shank, ratchet mechanism intermediate the body and shank, a curved o ening in the body, a folding handle inserte' in said body,

and a spring ressed plunger for holding the erent positions.

4. A turning device com rising a body, a ratchet, a tubular shan fixed on the ratchet and provided with a polygonal end portion adapted to receive correspondingly shaped tools, means for connecting the body and shank for relative rotation, but adapted to hold the same against relative endwise movement, and asprmg inside of said polygonal end portion.

5. A turning device comprising a body, aV

ratchet, a tubular shank fixed on the ratchet and provided with a polygonal end portion adapted to receive correspondingly shaped tools, means for connecting the body and shank for relative rotation, but adapted to hold the same against relative endwise movement, and a spring inside of said polygonal end portion, said spring adapted to enter ythe said tool.

6. A turning devicecom rising a body, a rotary ring on said body, a s eeve holding the ring in place, a shank provided with a ratchet Wheel, a air of dogs for operating said ratchet w reel, means for connecting the body and shank for relative rotation, but adapted to hold thcsame against relative endwise movement, and means on said ring for disengaging either dog from. the ratchet wheel.

7. In attaining d vice, the combination ol a bolily, a tubular shank rotatably connected with the body, means for connecting the body and shank for relative rotation, but

adapted to hold the same against relative endwise movement, a ratchet Wheel on said shank, a pair of dogs. carried by the body and adapted to operate said ratchet Wheel, a rotatable 'ring provided' with' means for disengaging either dog from the ratchet wheel,

-means for holding said ring in different positions,l a sleeve .holding the ring in place, a

ing the handle in various position's,and a spring in the end of the shank for effectually holding various kinds of tools in place thereon.

8. The im roved turning device comprising the tubu ar extension 'N having reduced and similarly formed polygonal ends fn, andy nl, for the purpose set forth, and a tubular shank L having one end adapted to secure said extension, substantially as shown and described.'

9. In a device of the class specified, a tubular shank, a ratchet Wheel having a portion secured in one end of said tubular shank, a body telescoped over said ratchet Wheel, said body and shank disposed end to end, means for holding the body and shank against relative endwise movement, but permitting relative rotation between the same, a pair of dogs engaging said ratchet wheel, means for throwing either dog out of engagement with the ratchet wheel, a folding handle for the end of the body, and means at the end of the tubular shank for en aging either a tool or extension member, su stantially as set forth,

l0. In a device of the class specified, a tubular shank and a ratchet mechanism for rotating the same in either direction, a body telescoped over the ratchet mechanism, a

tubular extension member having a polygonal end portion adapted to removably engage the end of said tubular shank, and having another polygonal end portion adapted to engage either` a tool or another extension member, the said body being endwise separable from the said shank, substantially vas set forth.

Signed by me at Chicago, Cook county, Illinois, this. 13th day of May, 1907.

`CHARLES M. ANDERSEN.

Witnesses zy F. H. DnUhY, J. Nonni'.

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